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Comments on the Pleistocene Age Assignment and Associations of a Human Burial from the Yuha Desert, California: A Rebuttal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

James L. Bischoff ,
W. Morlin Childers  and
Roy J. Shlemon
James L. Bischoff
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park. CA 94025
W. Morlin Childers
Affiliation:
Imperial Valley College Museum, El Centre CA 92243
Roy J. Shlemon
Affiliation:
Roy J. Shlemon & Assoc, Inc., P.O. Box 3066, Newport Beach, CA 92663
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Abstract

Data and observations are presented which refute the contention of Payen et al. (1978) that soil stratigraphy, artifacts, and dating techniques of the Yuha burial preclude a Pleistocene age assignment.

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comment
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American Antiquity , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , October 1978 , pp. 747 - 749
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1978

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